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Ramoowalia lashes out at govt for Lovely Bill
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SHO transferred in the aftermath of clash in city
DGP orders inquiry into manhandling incident
Spiritual touch to canegrowers’ protest
Dry cleaner’s honesty
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Ramoowalia lashes out at govt for Lovely Bill
Jalandhar, December 10 He also criticised Mr Parkash Singh Badal for not sufficiently opposing the Bill. He mocked that the people who made sweets would now be giving degrees. Mr Ramoowalia was speaking at the inauguration of a four-day workshop on Hand Rehabilitation at the Lyallpur Kahlsa College here today. In his speech, delivered to an auditorium packed with students, the former Union Minister also raised the issue of NRI husbands frequently ditching their spouses. Considered by many to be a frontrunner in highlighting NRI-related issues, Mr Ramoowalia alleged that the state government was indifferent to the plight of the Punjabi youth trapped in various jails abroad. Mr Ramoowalia, also a member of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, used anecdotes to describe the lack of skill in the state’s youth and how it was proving a hindrance to their growth. “The youth of Punjab must gather the required skills and then think of making it big.” Mr Ramoowalia described the importance of learning physiotherapy in order to secure a job, especially the foreign land. The others who spoke included the former Jalandhar MP, Mr Balbir Singh, and the Principal of the college, Dr Satish Kapoor. A number of imminent plastic surgeons from the region are taking part in the UGC-sponsored workshop. The first day’s scientific sessions were conducted by Dr Vijay A. E. Obed and Dr Ajay Abrol, both from the Department of Plastic, Cosmetic, Hand and Microsurgery and Burns at the Christian Medical College, Ludhiana. The third speaker was Dr G.S. Ghai from the Ghai Hospital here. Tomorrow’s session would be conducted by Dr Seema Chetri, an occupational therapist at PGI (Chandigarh). |
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Bridging the gap between Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Jalandhar, December 10 The city-based academy said any Punjabi-speaking person, either from India or Pakistan, could learn Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi within seven days. People of this side of the border use Gurmukhi to write Punjabi, while in Pakistan, Punjabi is expressed through Shahmukhi. Shahmukhi is written from right to left like Urdu, and derives its characters from Arabic and Persian scripts; Gurmukhi derives the shapes of its letters from Landa and has a strong Devnagri influence. The editor of the book and president of the Punjabi Media Academy, Mr Baljit Brar, said, “Not only a person with limited knowledge of Punjabi can learn the two scripts, but also anyone who knows English can grasp the scripts in a short period of time.” Mr Brar said that Punjabis were coming closer and the primer would prove useful to scholars, journalists and students from both sides of the border. “It will help bridge the scriptural gap, and even enable people to read and understand the literature of both India and Pakistan.” Mr Brar said the inspiration to bridge this scriptural gap came to him during his recent visit to Pakistan. “When I returned, I found something missing in the common culture we shared—it was the difference in scripts.” He said it took him five months to compile the book. ‘The Punjabi Scriptural Gap Bridge’ would simultaneously be released in Chandigarh and Lahore soon. |
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SHO transferred in the aftermath of clash in city
Jalandhar, December 10 Apparently disturbed over Friday night’s clash between the Sansi and Maratha communities in Bhim Nagar locality, the SHO of the Police Division No. 8, Mr Rajinder Sharma, has been transferred. He has been replaced by Mr Sukha Singh, who was posted as SHO in Division No. 2 till Saturday. Meanwhile, the police has arrested three persons and booked as many as eight from both the groups for their alleged involvement in the clash, which was said to have erupted over a trivial issue. However, sources say the clash could be an outcome of an ongoing war between illicit liquor peddlers for supremacy. Kamdev Kamya, Vinod, Baldev, Ashok, Raju, Gautam, Kalu and some unidentified assailants, said to be hailing from the Maratha community, have been booked under Sections 307, 452, 323, 324, 148 and 149 of the IPC, while six persons from the Sansi community, Roshan, Khajia, Laddu, Fauji, Mintu and Sheru have been booked under Sections 323, 324, and 148-149 of the IPC. Security has also been beefed up in the Bhim Nagar and Qazi Mandi localities on instructions of the SSP, Mr Ishwar Singh. Pensioners’ Day
Jalandhar: A Pensioners’ Day would be celebrated here at Shaheed Baba Labh Singh Trust Bhawan on December 17. The function is being organized by senior citizens, pensioners and family pensioners of the Central and state government. |
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Garbage piles up as authorities sleep
Hoshiarpur, December 10 Piles of garbage, overflowing dustbins, chocked sewerage lines and blocked drains dot the town. Moreover, a social organisation, Clean and Green, being run by a noted industrialist with the help of district forest officials and some financial assistance from the state government, has also failed to keep its promise of cleaning the town. The sanitary conditions here could be gauged from a heap of garbage that is about to overshoot a signboard (see picture) indicating the official residence of the Deputy Commissioner, Mr D. K. Tiwari. The signboard is hardly a 100 yards away from the official’s residence in a posh locality here. Mr Tiwari must be crossing the area several times a day. Garbage can be seen scattered in every nook and corner of the town. Apart from rag pickers, stray animals like dogs, cows and pigs often overturn dustbins and scatter the filth. Added to this are chocked sewerage lines and drains, which a mild shower can convert into cesspools. Then there is the foul smell emanating from these drains. Ironically, the state Health Minister, Mr R. C. Dogra, belongs to Hoshiarpur. A survey by The Tribune revealed a majority of the manholes of the sewerage lines were blocked with trash and solid waste. The drains have become a cause of concern to the general public. The worst-affected are the residents living in low-lying areas of the town, where the streets turn into drains during rains. When contacted, the Executive Officer of the Hoshiarpur Municipal Council, Mr J.S. Thind, cited the acute shortage of scavengers for the last many years for the deterioration of the sanitary conditions in the town. He said the Council had 211 scavengers against its requirement of over 575. “The 48-km long sewerage lines were being looked after by a single person while the required strength of staff is 13.” The oldest civil body of the state—the Hoshiarpur Municipal Council— is equipped with only two machines for cleaning sewerage lines and that too without a regular operator. Offloading his responsibility, Mr Thind said the general public was responsible for scattering filth, as they avoided putting the garbage into dustbins provided in their locality. “Instead of using dustbins, they prefer to dump the waste in common places.” Municipal Councilor, Khairati Lal, said a resolution had been passed for the appointment of more scavengers. “But the government turned down the request.” |
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DGP orders inquiry into manhandling incident
Phagwara, December 10 Meanwhile, a large number of
councillors, sarpanches and Congress leaders today demanded that Sukha be stripped of his post as a Zila Parishad member. |
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Spiritual touch to canegrowers’ protest
Phagwara, December 10 The society’s vice-president, Mr Harbhajan Singh Bhullarai said a chain of akhand paths were being held at Chhevin Patshahi Gurdwara in Hargobind Garh, Bhogpur. “We are fighting our battle both in the temporal court of the law of land (Punjab and Haryana High Court) as well as in the divine court of God,” he said. The next hearing of the case had been fixed for December 19, he said. |
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Dry cleaner’s honesty
Phagwara, December 10 Kuljit Singh, a resident of Mauli village, had given a suit for dry cleaning at a shop near the Cinema Road. When the shop owner, Ranbir Duggal, was about to put the suit in the machine, a heavy gold chain dropped from it. The owner later said that he was not even aware that the coat held a chain since it was kept there as a gift by her NRI aunt. |
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